You say 'Goodbye' to someone when you or they are leaving, or at the end of a phone conversation.
[formulae]
2. countable noun
When you say your goodbyes, you say something such as 'Goodbye' when you leave.
He said his goodbyes knowing that a long time would pass before he would see hischild again.
I said a hurried goodbye and walked home in the cold.
Perry and I exchanged goodbyes.
Synonyms: farewell, parting, leave-taking More Synonyms of goodbye
3.
See say goodbye/wave goodbye
4.
See say goodbye to something/wave goodbye to something
5. to kiss something goodbye
More Synonyms of goodbye
goodbye in British English
(ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ)
sentence substitute
1.
farewell: a conventional expression used at leave-taking or parting with people and at the loss or rejection of things or ideas
noun
2.
a leave-taking; parting
they prolonged their goodbyes for a few more minutes
3.
a farewell
they said goodbyes to each other
Word origin
C16: contraction of God be with ye
goodbye in American English
(ˌgʊdˈbaɪ) or ˌgood-ˈbye (ˌgʊdˈbaɪ)
interjection, nounWord forms: pluralˌgoodˈbyes
farewell
the interj. is used at parting: also sp. ˌgoodˈby or ˌgood-ˈby
Word origin
contr. of God be with ye
More idioms containing
goodbye
kiss goodbye to something
Examples of 'goodbye' in a sentence
goodbye
She attended the chapel of rest to say her goodbyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Thousands lined the streets to wave a last goodbye.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is not ready to say goodbye yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was absolutely awful saying goodbye.
The Sun (2016)
Will she really wave goodbye to the Square?
The Sun (2016)
There's one more treat in store before you wave goodbye.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
First-time buyers wave goodbye to a popular government-backed mortgage scheme today.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The time to say goodbye.
The Sun (2016)
We i hardly had time to say goodbye to anyone and didn't see or speak to Louis or any of the other judges.
The Sun (2016)
Most of the book is a series of long goodbyes.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
We can wave goodbye to that without much of a tear.
The Sun (2008)
Suggest meeting for a coffee to say goodbye before he leaves.
The Sun (2014)
He should have been allowed the opportunity to say goodbye on his own terms.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We leave with some amazing successes under our belt and we can say goodbye in style.
The Sun (2013)
It was almost time to say goodbye.
The Sun (2014)
The pair say their final goodbyes then he disappears into the crowd.
The Sun (2011)
Did he leave without saying goodbye to his players and staff?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Make the wrong call and you can wave goodbye to your money.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It seems like now is time to wave goodbye to the landline.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She was one of the last people to whom he said goodbye before his final exile.
Christianity Today (2000)
He walked into the deal eyes wide open and is happy to sign off on a golden goodbye.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This was the public's way of being able to have their last goodbye to her.
The Sun (2009)
And it came just two years after her predecessor collected a 200,000 golden goodbye.
The Sun (2012)
When the show finally closes, they end on goodbye.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the time has come to say a last goodbye to Echo the elephant.
The Sun (2010)
This long goodbye will certainly be lucrative, but it may also help to dilute the pain.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He didn't wait around to wave goodbye.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
When the refuelling was completed, the two men came ashore to say goodbye.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
I drove them to their home and we said goodbye again.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His appointment flies in the face of government efforts to curb public sector pay and cap golden goodbyes at 95,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was emotional saying goodbye.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
goodbye
British English: goodbye! /ˈɡʊdˈbaɪ/ INTERJECTION
You say `goodbye!' to someone when you or they are leaving, or at the end of a telephone conversation.
American English: goodbye!
Arabic: وَدَاعاً
Brazilian Portuguese: adeus!
Chinese: 再见！
Croatian: doviđenja!
Czech: nashledanou!
Danish: farvel
Dutch: tot ziens!
European Spanish: ¡adiós!
Finnish: näkemiin!
French: au revoir !
German: Auf Wiedersehen!
Greek: αντίο!
Italian: arrivederci!
Japanese: さようなら！
Korean: 안녕!
Norwegian: ha det!
Polish: do widzenia!
European Portuguese: adeus!
Romanian: la revedere
Russian: до свидания!
Latin American Spanish: ¡adiós!
Swedish: adjö!
Thai: ลาก่อน
Turkish: hoşça kal!
Ukrainian: до побачення!
Vietnamese: tạm biệt!
All related terms of 'goodbye'
kiss goodbye
to kiss in taking leave
golden goodbye
A golden goodbye is the same as a → golden handshake .
say goodbye/wave goodbye
When you say goodbye to someone, you say something such as 'Goodbye', ' Bye ', or ' See you', when you or they are leaving . You can also wave goodbye to someone.
kiss goodbye to something
to accept the fact that you are going to lose something or that you will not be able to have it
to kiss something goodbye
If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to.
say goodbye to something/wave goodbye to something
If you say goodbye or wave goodbye to something that you want or usually have, you accept that you are not going to have it.